One Direction’s ‘Best Song Ever’ Compared To The Who’s ‘Baba O’Riley,’ Leads To Fan Freakout

Aug 15, 2013 · The beef began this week, when a music blogger compared One Direction’s latest hit, «Best Song Ever,» to an earlier track from The Who, 1971’s «Baba O’Riley.» The blogger wrote, «Someone should

Aug 15, 2013 · Twitter is blowing up today over One Direction’s hit “Best Song Ever,” with hundreds of fans posting messages to the hashtag #donttouchbestsongever– and that’s just in the last 10 minutes.

Aug 15, 2013 · A critic at music site Clickmusic suggested that «someone should call Trading Standards over the song title as 1D sterilise The Who’s Baba O’Riley» in a review of the boy band’s latest single.

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The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, making One Direction the first group in history to debut at number one in the US with their first three albums. The album was preceded by the release of the singles «Best Song Ever» and «Story of My Life».

Feb 12, 2014 · Well, until this earworm came out: «Best Song Ever». Opening chords ripping off of «Baba O’Riley» by The Who? That’s fine; nothing’s original under the sun anymore. But if One Direction were to steal anything from bigger, better groups with far more style, class, and talent, then keep stealing riff from rock music.